Out Of Work (Adjective)
Meaning
Not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After graduation, Sarah was out of work for several months before landing her dream job.
- Many families in the rural area were struggling financially as a result of being out of work.
- Mark was out of work for more than a year before starting his own business venture.
- Idle workers gathered at the unemployment office every week to discuss being out of work.
- A survey found that nearly 20% of the town's residents were currently out of work due to factory closures.